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Comment from the Stata technical group

Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, Fourth
Edition, by Michael J. Campbell, David Machin, and Stephen J. Walters,
is one of many texts suitable for a semester-long statistics course for
health professionals. However, it is both thorough and easy to read,
setting it apart from other texts. The authors include the standard tools
relevant to health professionals: odds ratios, survival analysis,
observational studies, and more. Another helpful feature in this text is a
section at the end of each chapter listing points the reader should consider
when reading research publications about the use of the discussed methods.

Table of contents

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Preface

Chapter 1 Uses and abuses of medical statistics

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why use statistics?
1.3 Statistics is about common sense and good design
1.4 Types of data
1.5 How a statistician can help
1.6 Further reading
1.7 Exercises